Effective Board Meetings

“An effective board should not necessarily be a comfortable place. Challenge, as well as teamwork, is an essential feature.”

This is the advice from the UK’s Financial Reporting Council. An article in the Harvard Business Review recently addressed this comment and talked about how to have productive discussions in board meetings.

The article identifies three key actions that need to happen if you want to improve boardroom discussions. This brief but useful piece is something you should definitely consider circulating with your Directors.